I spent 31 years living in San Diego, but I’ve lived in Poway for 19 years now. I like to stick to Poway issues, but every once in awhile, I look at what San Diego is doing, and for the most part, I shake my head and become more thankful that I live in Poway. So this morning, I read …
When will we wake up and start telling our elected officials where to cut?
So how many of us think Sacramento will really solve their budget crisis with REAL solutions instead of the usual “smoke and mirrors”? Not me. Doesn’t this approach scare you? Doesn’t it anger you that Sacramento can come down and raid the coffers of school districts, cities, counties and other agencies to “balance” their budget, while making these agencies look …
McClintock Endorses Joel Anderson for Senate
See the post with press release at the FlashReport… http://www.flashreport.org/blog.php?postID=2010051715055584
Senator DeMint tries to get border fence completed
In an effort to quell the immigration debate raging across the country, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) plans to reintroduce an amendment in a financial regulation bill that would force the federal government to finally complete the fence along the southern border. His plan calls for the completion of 700 miles of double fencing along the U.S./Mexico border, something that has …
Lincoln Club Issues Ballot Recommendations
The Lincoln Club of San Diego County has posted its complete list of ballot recommendations. If you’re a new reader or need a little refresher, the Lincoln Club is a fiscally conservative organization dedicated to the goal of advancing free market principles and ideas by recruiting, endorsing, and supporting business-friendly candidates, regardless of party affiliation. Lincoln Club members assess whether …
Rick, Robert and Rove: The New Conservative Power Trio?
San Diego based conservative radio talk show host Rick Amato (far left, pardon the expression) with his pals, conservative Hollywood activist and actor Robert Davi, with Republican political consultant, commentator and author Karl Rove. Rick recently had dinner in Los Angeles with Davi and Rove. Reportedly Rove chatted up Rick about the growing influence of his talk show in conservative …
Gardner sentenced for the murder of two San Diego teens
John Gardner was convicted and sentenced for the murder and rape of two San Diego teenagers as well as the attempted rape of a college jogger. Gardner received two life sentences with out the possibility of parole for the murders and another 25 years for the attempted rape of the jogger- all to be served concurrently. While the details of …
Thomas Sowell rebuts Obamanomics
After my main man Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell is easily my favorite economist. But he’s more than a great free market advocate. He offers enlightening sociological and philosophical insights. Professor Sowell is truly an original thinker. Watch his YouTube interview. Even though he is a bit past his peak as a communicator, Sowell’s intellect towers above little people with little …
Obama’s Speech About Speech Endangers Speech
President Obama gave quite the commencement speech at Hampton University, Virginia. His supposedly wise, benign words talked about how new media such as Blackberries and Twitter can be a distraction to education. As a matter of fact, the new media can indeed be a distraction, a welcome distraction. Our current public education system does not offer students a chance to …
Spend, spend, spend Boxer loves a good bailout
California is battling a tough recession, a budget that is at least $20 billion in the red and an unemployment rate inching towards 13 percent. While the taxpayer has had enough of bailout after bailout, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) decided to bail out Fannie and Freddie Mac by voting to give them billions more to squander. The California U.S. Senator …
SD Tax Fighters’ Positions on June Props
San Diego Tax Fighters has completed its review of the June 2010 Primary Election state and local ballot measures and issued its ballot recommendations. A supermajority (75%) vote of the SD TF Board of Directors is required for a position to be taken on any ballot measure. The recommendations (with subjective exclamations marks added by Richard Rider — not by …
When Our Speaker Speaks, Consistency Seems To Vanish Like A Wisp of Smoke
Nancy Pelosi, our representative who really knows how to put the “speaker” into the “house” decided recently that she has even more to say about issues relating to present day America. As Forrest Gump might tell us, “Nancy opening her mouth is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” Yes, the mystery is always …
San Diego School Board restricts travel to Arizona, but travel to Mexico okay
The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously to condemn Arizona’s new immigration law and will not let employees travel or do business in Arizona until they repeal the new legislation. The initial resolution drawn up by School Board President Richard Barrera included a travel advisory warning for students K-12 and their parents about the dangers lurking …
Public employees underpaid? NAHHHHH
Below is the link to a detailed rebuttal of a recent bogus study claiming that public employees are paid less than the private sector. This rebuttal was done by my friend Adam Summers with the Reason Foundation. Of course, the opposite is true. Today most (not all) public employees are paid MORE than the private sector average, and their benefits …
Thompson is in BIG trouble
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/12/councilman-accused-in-conflict-of-interest-case/?success Councilman accused in conflict-of-interest case Interim official says any violations were inadvertent By Tanya Sierra, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 12:05 a.m. CHULA VISTA — An interim Chula Vista city councilman is being accused of violating state conflict-of-interest laws when he served on the planning commission. Derrick Roach, a private investigator and 79th Assembly District candidate, …
Last Week for Signatures for San Diego Competition Ballot Measure
If you have not already signed the petition for the San Diego Competition Ballot Measure, this is the last week to mail-in signatures to the campaign! Please download the petition at www.ReformSanDiego.com and collect as many signatures as possible! This ballot measure imposes important cost-saving reforms in city government. Help us make change happen at San Diego City Hall! Spread the word …
Baldwin hosting the Rick Amato Show this Thursday, 9-11 PM, 1170 AM
I will have some experts on government waste calling into my show this Thursday, including David Williams from Citizens Against Government Waste. Obama, of course, lied to the voters about how he will eliminate the corrupt “earmark” process. I also will talk about the growing case for the impeachment of Obama, the Arizona illegal immigration bill, and the recent take-over …
INTERIM CV COUNCILMAN MITCH THOMPSON IN HOT WATER
Well, Derrick Roach just pulled another one out of his hat. He was just at the Chula Vista City Council meeting where he skewered Mitch Thompson on a burning stick of proven corruption on Thompson’s part. Apparently Thompson purchased numerous properties while sitting on the CV Planning Commission – not illegal in a broad sense, however these properties were all …
Jeff Stone’s Race for Humanity – Part Two
Following up on my last post, it looks like there may be much more to the whole “Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone’s Race for Humanity” story than meets the eye. The organization was launched in 2006 as a non-profit corporation according to their filings with the Secretary of State. It appears that the organization received over $100,000 in taxpayer funds …
Mexico’s government cries foul over Arizona’s new law
A political warning from Mexico. Mexican Political analyst Eduardo Borunda wrote a column titled Arizona: anti-immigrant zone, he sums up his lengthy observations about the new immigration law in Arizona. With Mexico’s drug cartel problems, lack of employment opportunities for their own citizens, one has to question why many Mexican politicians are taking the time to monitor an illegal immigration …
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